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Delivering Insulin by Topical Cream
NTU Scientists apply temporal pressure to deliver drugs
Biomedical engineers in Singapore report this: “Tapping on established studies where magnets are [MORE]
Bedside MRI
Hyperfine point-of-care MRI
“Conventional MRI scanners need dedicated rooms with entry protocols, quench venting, and safety measures, and patients have to [MORE]
Alginate Shield for Stem Cell Therapy
Biomaterial protects stem cells
Rice University “researchers have been developing a variety of biomaterial carriers to encapsulate cells, and protect them [MORE]
Delivering Oligos to Bone Marrow
Erythropoietic protoporphyria
“Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare genetic disease in which patients experience acute phototoxic reactions after sunlight exposure. It [MORE]
Protein Paint for Implants that Spur Bone Regeneration
Theradaptive harnessing regeneration
With collaborators at MIT and Harvard, Luis Alvarez’s company Theradaptive “. . . has developed a method to [MORE]
New Hydrogel Sticks to Tissue Scaffolds and Soft Machines
Polymerization and binding hydrogels to surfaces
Physicists and engineers at the University of Sydney report “a versatile strategy to develop mechanically [MORE]
Why Location, Location, Location Matters in Cancer Epidemiology
Bayesian hierarchical meta-analysis model
From Australian statisticians: “Meta-analysis is a popular method for combining results from different studies quantitatively, particularly when [MORE]
Stem Cell Therapy for T1 Diabetes
Human islet-like organoids express insulin
“Using stem cell technology, Salk researchers generated the first human insulin-producing pancreatic cell clusters able to [MORE]
Sweat Sensors in Clothing
Sprinter with Lactate Curve – sweat sensing materials
From electrical engineers at Tufts University: “. . . we present a thread-based [MORE]
Injected Retinal Prosthesis
Injectable prostheses restore vision
“At the Italian Institute of Technology [Genoa], scientists have now come up with an injectable retinal prosthesis [MORE]
Gene Expression Diagnostic for Ovarian Cancer
Gene expression
“The OTTA-SPOT (Ovarian Tumor Tissue Analysis consortium – Stratified Prognosis of Ovarian Tumours) gene expression signature may improve risk [MORE]
AI and Imaging for Defining Mental Disorders
Images used by AI to diagnose mental disorders
There are no blood or genetic tests for mental illnesses, and they are [MORE]
3D Printed Smart Pill for Analyzing Gut Microbiome
Smart capsule analyzes gut bacteria
Engineers at Purdue University have developed a 3D printed capsule that samples GI tract microbes and [MORE]
Newly Discovered Taste Cell
New type of tastebud
Researchers at the University of Buffalo report this: “Currently, it is thought that taste cells are primarily [MORE]